[PCA] CONFERENCE: The 3rd California Chaparral Symposium: Global Change and the Vulnerability of Chaparral Ecosystems; May 14-16, 2018 (CA)

[Prescott, Leah]

*The 3rd California Chaparral Symposium: Global Change and the
Vulnerability of Chaparral Ecosystems Date/location: Monday, May 14, 2018
8:30 AM  - Wednesday, May 16, 2018 5:30 PM Angeles Training and Conference
Center701 North Santa Anita Avenue Arcadia, CA, 91006 What will you
learn? Chaparral vegetation dominates much of California, and there is
growing appreciation of its ecological importance and its role in providing
vital ecosystem services. At the same time, chaparral landscapes in
California are increasingly under threat from regional and global pressures
including rising human populations and expanding cityscapes, warming
temperatures and multiyear droughts, air pollution, and progressively more
frequent fire. We build on the topics of the first symposium (Chaparral
Restoration in 2013) and the second symposium (the Ecological Value of
Chaparral in 2015), and this year focus on the ecological vulnerability of
chaparral landscapes, and what managers might do to promote chaparral
persistence and resilience in the face of environmental change. The first
two days of the symposium (May 14 and May 15) will be dedicated to a set of
engaging presentations by regional and national experts on chaparral
vulnerability in the context of regional and global environmental threats
and related management and scientific topics. The morning of May 16
(Wednesday), a new ecosystem service assessment tool developed by a joint
USFS-UC-USGS-Michigan State University team will be presented. The online
tool can be used to provide economic values for carbon, surface water
runoff and groundwater recharge, sediment retention, recreation, and other
services and includes modules to assess the effects of wildfires, climate
change, and management actions on these services. The symposium will
conclude (May 16 afternoon) with a field trip to a chaparral site in the
San Gabriel National Monument. Preliminary Schedule:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/545a90ede4b026480c02c5c7/t/5a95dcbce4966ba2c2aa71c6/1519770813385/ChaparralSymposiumAnnouncement_Final2018_advertisment.pdf
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Fees/other Free,
registration required
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Details
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Registration:http://www.cafiresci.org/events-webinars-source/category/3rd-southern-california-chaparral-symposium
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Leah Prescott
Bureau of Land Management
Plant Conservation Program Data Coordinator
202-912-7232

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration
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